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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: I never thought of this scenario
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 22:16:32 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:15:32 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:

> .. when a DHCP client /renews/ it's lease,
> it has a valid IP address and can use that to talk to the DHCP server on
> a remote subnet using standard DHCP protocol.

Why would it need to? The DHCP server is on the same subnet, otherwise the 
client could not have got that address in the first place.